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Re: Latitude Sailing Question
From: John Karl
Date: 2011 May 29, 14:05 -0700
From: John Karl
Date: 2011 May 29, 14:05 -0700
One answer doesn't use the sun, but a simple St. Hilaire star fix. Without the correct time, it gives the incorrect longitude, but the correct latitude. See the discussion on "Time from a lunar LOP and a star fix" in my book.
JK
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